The Soldier's Song (The Soldier's Song Trilogy) - Softcover

Monaghan, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447256301 ISBN 13: 9781447256304

Publisher: Macmillan, 2013

Synopsis

A beautiful and elegaic novel of World War I encompasses the complexities of Irish involvement in the war, a divided family, and a moving love story

Dublin, 1914. As Ireland stands on the brink of political crisis, Europe plunges headlong into war. Among the thousands of Irishmen who volunteer to fight for the British Army is Stephen Ryan, a gifted young mathematics scholar whose working class background has marked him out as a misfit among his wealthy fellow students. Sent to fight in Turkey, his romantic notions of war are soon shattered, and he is unaware of the scale of the growing unrest back home in Ireland. When he returns home in 1916 he finds Dublin in the grip of rebellion and his own brother fighting for the rebels. Everything is utterly changed, and in a world gone mad his only hope is his growing friendship with the brilliant and enigmatic Lillian Bryce. The first entry in this poignant, deeply moving trilogy is a tribute to the durability of the human soul.

About this title

About the Author

Alan Monaghan was born in Dublin in 1980. He won the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award and the Prize for Emerging Fiction in 2002. The Soldier's Song is his eagerly-awaited first novel, based on the short story that won him these prizes.

Review

"A beautifully written objective tale of one man's war."  —Daily Mail

"Craftsmanship of a high order."  —Irish Independent

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447256301
• ISBN 13: 9781447256304
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304